yuzuri’s blog

another trip, yay
within 4 months since i started working in this government institution, i’ve been traveling to several cities in Indonesia
Denpasar-Bali, Bogor (does it count?), and Surabaya
coming soon will be Yogyakarta
and next year (hopefully) will also be full of trips around Indonesia

i guess i’m quite lucky, coz not all newbie get a chance to go out of town
some other newbies travel more often, like my friends in R&D and PR

traveling means money, in the form of allowances
this is dilematic, i hate to see so many spendings going on around here
on the other side… i like traveling, it’s exciting
eventhough i cannot travel like a backpacker, like how i always dream about, i got to stay at a five-stars hotels and shopping shopping shopping! (*o*) unbelievable!
traveling for free is a dream come true, which i didn’t expect at all when i got here

Chasing the elusive butterfly of efficiency
by Alistair G. Speirs

GARUDA Magazine, July 2008

“Oh, by the way, that’s another serious new development in inefficiency: the ‘personal servant’ syndrome where our leaders have their bags, even briefcases, carried by their employees and placed in the overhead storage units on the plane. What are we thinking? this is going back to feudal kingdom and colonial behavior and should be outlawed as soon as possible …. especially if the ‘bag carriers’ are public servants!”

/me thought “oh hey she’s talking about me there, the bag carrier”

udah lama gue gak nangis, dan jam 2 tadi malam gw nangis tersedu-sedu sampe mata gue sembab
sedih banget ketika baca novel Laskar Pelangi bab 30: Elvis has left the building
gue ngerasa senasib ama Lintang, waktu kelas 2 SMA ayah kena PHK dan gak bisa biayain gue kuliah
banyak temen sekolah gue yang senasib
saat itu gue ngerasa kehilangan motivasi belajar, sekaligus semua harapan dan cita-cita gue yang setinggi langit
walaupun masih kerasa perih kalo inget lagi masa-masa itu, gue sangat bersyukur atas keadaan gue sekarang
gue gak pernah nyerah ama nasib, gue berhasil lulus kuliah atas biaya sendiri setelah bertahun-tahun bekerja keras, and now i live a better life
jadi, buat kalian yang senasib ama Lintang, jangan pernah nyerah
where there’s a will, there’s a way

lg sibuk bikin TOR & RAB nih sampe nginep2 segala
menyebalkan yg kerja cuma segelintir orang aja, pecat aja tuh semua orang yg gak guna sama sekali, cuma membebani negara aja